CONSIDERING the Statute of the Tribunal as adopted by the Security Council
under Resolution 827 (1993), and in particular Article 21 thereof;

CONSIDERING the Rules of Procedure and Evidence (hereinafter "the
Rules") as adopted by the Tribunal on 11 February 1994, as subsequently
amended, and in particular Rules 44 and 45 thereof;

CONSIDERING the Directive on Assignment of Defence Counsel (hereinafter
"the Directive"), as adopted by the Tribunal on 28 July 1994, as subsequently
amended, and in particular, Articles 8, 10 and 11(A) (ii) and 18 thereof;

CONSIDERING that on 7 July 2003, Mr. Veselin Sljivancanin(hereinafter
"the Accused") submitted a Declaration of Means to the Registry, claiming
legal aid on the basis that he did not have sufficient means to remunerate counsel;

CONSIDERING that on 23 September 2003, the Accused requested that Mr.
Novak Lukić, attorney at law from Belgrade, be assigned as his counsel;

CONSIDERING that on the same date, Mr. Lukić requested that Mr.
Momcilo Bulatovic, attorney at law from Belgrade, be assigned as co-counsel
to the Accused;

NOTING the decisions of the Registrar dated 29 September 2003 temporarily
assigning Mr. Lukic as lead counsel and Mr. Bulatovic as co-counsel to the Accused
for a period of 60 days pending the determination of the Accused’s financial
status, and the decision of the Deputy Registrar dated 8 December 2003 extending
these assignments until 31 January 2004;

CONSIDERING the information provided by the Accused in his Declaration
of Means and the evidence gathered by the Registry by means of inquiry pursuant
to Article 10 of the Directive;

NOTING that the Accused owns an 88.93-square meter apartment in Belgrade,
situated on Brehova Street 1, valued at 52,000 dinars per square meter or $82,094
US in total, according to the tax authorities of Serbia and Montenegro;

CONSIDERING however, that the Registry Investigator found the apartment
to be in poor condition, the Registrar deems it reasonable to decrease the above
value by 20% to $65,675 US for the purposes of determining the ability of the
Accused to remunerate counsel;

CONSIDERING that the Accused inherited one-half of a 39-square meter
house and a 400-square meter adjacent land in Zabljak, Montenegro from the Accused’s
late father, evaluated by the Commission for the Appraisal of Real Estate in
Zabljak at €1,640 ($1,948 US), and that the Accused’s share is estimated by
the Registry at $974 US;

NOTING further that the Accused’s daughter Olja Sljivancanin owns a
1990 Toyota Corolla, evaluated by the Accused at €1,000;

CONSIDERING however, that in view of the low value of the vehicle and
the fact that it is driven by the Accused’s daughter in her personal everyday
use, it is reasonable to exclude the value of the car from the assessment of
the Accused’s financial status for the purposes of granting legal aid;

CONSIDERING further that the Accused’s average monthly pension in 2002
was 17,331.50 dinars ($308 US), based on information of the Social Insurance
Bureau of Serbia and Montenegro;

CONSIDERING that the wife of the Accused Persa Sljivancanin is employed
by the Joint Stock Company "Vrenje" in Belgrade, and receives an average
monthly salary of 15,676 dinars ($278 US) according to information provided
by the company;

CONSIDERING that the average monthly expenditures of a four-person household
in Serbia and Montenegro in November 2003, based on the official documents published
by Serbia and Montenegro Statistical Office, is $448 US;

CONSIDERING further that the Accused’s daughter is a student whose monthly
tuition is 32,000 dinars ($47 US), which must be added to the Accused’s household
monthly expenditures;

CONSIDERING that, based on the information presented, the Registrar
has found that the Accused has means to remunerate counsel partially;

CONSIDERING the right of the Accused to an effective defence before
the International Tribunal as per Article 21 of the Tribunal;

DECIDES without prejudice to Article 18 of the Directive, to confirm
the assignment of Mr. Lukic as lead counsel to the Accused and the assignment
of Mr. Bulatovic as co-counsel under the conditions laid down in the decision
of his assignment dated 29 September 2003;

DECIDES in light of the foregoing and in accordance with Article 11(A)(ii)
of the Directive, that the Accused shall bear the cost of 202 hours of investigative
and legal support work performed during the pre-trial stage of the proceedings,
and that these hours shall be deducted from the allotment of hours provided
by the Registry for support staff work under the current legal aid payment system
of the Tribunal;

DECIDES further, that with the exception of the Accused’s contribution,
the expenses referred to in Article 22(B) and 27 of the Directive shall be borne
by the Tribunal.